Core Java™, Volume I–Fundamentals, Eighth Edition

Book Description

This revised edition of the classic
Core Java™, Volume I–Fundamentals, is the
definitive guide to Java for serious programmers who want to put
Java to work on real projects.

Fully updated for the new Java SE 6
platform, this no-nonsense tutorial and reliable reference
illuminates the most important language and library features with
thoroughly tested real-world examples. The example programs have
been carefully crafted to be easy to understand as well as useful
in practice, so you can rely on them as an outstanding starting
point for your own code.

Volume I is designed to quickly bring you up
to speed on what’s new in Java SE 6 and to help you make the
transition as efficiently as possible, whether you’re
upgrading from an earlier version of Java or migrating from another
language. The authors concentrate on the fundamental concepts of
the Java language, along with the basics of user-interface
programming. You’ll find detailed, insightful coverage
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